Bicoloratum Dai and Li, 2011 is considered to be a junior synonym of Scaphoideus Uhler, 1889 based on study of specimens of two new species, one of which is morphologically very similar to the type species of Bicoloratum, B. pintungisis Dai and Li 2011. Three valid species now included within the genus Scaphoideus are: S. dinghuensis sp. nov., S. taishanensis sp. nov. and S. pingtungisis (Dai a...

Nieser gathered the water bug species included by Lauck in the groups Belostoma pygmeum and Belostoma plebejum in a single group, Belostoma plebejum. We follow this criterion and use the terminology used by EstCvez and Polhemus for species descriptions. The Belostoma plebejum group includes seven small species with the ventral diverticulum of male genitalia recurved ventrad: Belostoma lariversi...

The constraint language for lambda-structures (CLLS) allows for a simple, integrated , and underspeciied treatment of scope, ellipses, anaphora, and their interaction. CLLS features constraints for dominance, lambda binding, parallelism, and anaphoric links. In the case of antecedent contained deletion (ACD), the deenition of parallelism in the original version of CLLS is slightly too restricti...

The patterns of mating and possible factors influencing mate choice in the consperse stink bug, Euschistus conspersus Uhler, were studied in a series of laboratory experiments. Males were found to transfer a significant percentage of their body mass during the initial mating. Mating was also found to reduce male longevity by 37.8% but had no significant effect on female longevity or fecundity. ...

It is no surprise that research on cyber behavior has increasingly gained the attention of various stakeholders ranging from legislative policy makers to school administers, from teachers to parents, from mass media to communities, and from researchers to professional practitioners such as counselors, social workers, and school psychologists (Zheng, Burrow-Sanchez, Donnelly, Call, & Drew, 2010)...

It is no surprise that research on cyber behavior has increasingly gained the attention of various stakeholders ranging from legislative policy makers to school administers, from teachers to parents, from mass media to communities, and from researchers to professional practitioners such as counselors, social workers, and school psychologists (Zheng, Burrow-Sanchez, Donnelly, Call, & Drew, 2010)...

Abstract Stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) development typically requires feeding on a diversity of plant species and various tissues. During feeding, stink bugs discharge salivary enzymes with roles in extraoral digestion countering defense responses. Although previous research has described digestive proteins from bugs, less is known the involved suppression defenses. We sequenced transcrip...

The interaction of feeding by a grass bug, Ir"bisia pacifica (Uhler), and drought stress on growth of Great Basin wildrye, Leymus cinereus (Scrih. & Merr.) Love, and intermediate wheatgrass, Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkw. & D. R. Dewey, was studied in the greenhouse. At peak production, control plants of Great Basin wildrye had more than twice as much green leaf area per tiller than bug-i...